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Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-settings.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/blk-settings.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c index a2b9cb195e7..f1a1795a568 100644 --- a/block/blk-settings.c +++ b/block/blk-settings.c @@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_hw_sectors); * Description: * If a driver doesn't want IOs to cross a given chunk size, it can set * this limit and prevent merging across chunks. Note that the chunk size - * must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors. + * must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors. Also note that the block + * layer must accept a page worth of data at any offset. So if the + * crossing of chunks is a hard limitation in the driver, it must still be + * prepared to split single page bios. **/ void blk_queue_chunk_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int chunk_sectors) { |